Chapter 172: Day 1 Of School Trip
The Shinkansen ride from Tokyo to Kyoto took about 2 hours and 30 minutes.
It was my first time on the Shinkansen, and it was definitely as fast as its reputation suggested.
“Wow… this is Kyoto Station.”
“It looks just like a pyramid.”
As soon as we got off at Kyoto Station, the first ones to exclaim in awe were Sasha from Russia and Mahes from Egypt.
They speak Japanese so well that I sometimes forget they’re foreigners, but moments like these remind me that they both definitely are.
Before moving to our accommodation, we took the long escalator up to the sky garden above the station during our 30 minutes of free time.
From the sky garden, we had a clear view of Kyoto cityscape, and we could see Kyoto Tower, one of Kyoto’s landmarks, in the distance.
Rika, with her hands behind her back, muttered.